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Travel Photography with the Pros TIPS FROM THE PROS TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY WITH PROS This month we spoke to three travel photographers who told us about their journey across the globe. From american photographers Gary arndt’s stunning travel landscapes, Ralph Velasco’s sharp eye for capturing travel portraits, to Delhi, India based photographer, Dheeraj paul’s knack of shooting the colourful essence of a city, we will take you on a journey across the world. These photographers talk about everything, from the reason they like travel photography to what sort of preparation goes into it. Why your interest in travel Islands, and many of the national parks in the photography over other genres? United States, Canada, and Australia. I travel for a living. I don’t have a home and live on the road 365 days a year. If it wasn’t What sort of preparation is required for travel, I probably wouldn’t be interested for travel photography? in photography at all. I think, there is very little preparation required. You should certainly do some Which are some of your favourite research on a location before venturing, locations to photograph? but much of what I do is very spontaneous. Some of my favourite places to photograph are Most travel photography is done with the Namib Desert in Namibia, the Canadian natural lighting and on location, so there is GARY Rockies in Alberta, Antarctica, the Galapagos less work than studio photography. ARNDT Having visited all seven continents, over 170 countries and territories around the world, every US state and territory, every Canadian province, every Australian state and territory, over 125 US National Park Service sites and over 285 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Gary Arndt is no novice to travel photography. This American photographer sold his house in 2007 and has been travelling the world and photographing it ever since. He is known for his dynamic travel shots and has been published across the world. Gary has won numerous awards, including the prestigious Gold Medal, Travel Photographer of the Year, Society of American Travel Writers in 2014 and Travel Photographer of the Year, North American Travel Journalists Association in 2013. 20 MAY 2015 www.asianphotographyindia.com MAY 2015 21 TIPS Being in the perfect place at the perfect time is more important than having perfect gear. You don’t need a lot of gear. The basics will serve you better than a giant bag of lenses. Be aware of the light. Light is everything. Look out for the little things. Scenic landscapes are great, but also pay attention to smaller things like flowers or ornaments on a building. Be patient. I’ve sat for hours in one spot waiting for conditions to be just right. You will often have no control over your subject. 22 MAY 2015 www.asianphotographyindia.com What are some of the key How important is equipment in What are the challenges and things one must keep in travel photography? the rewards of this genre? mind when doing travel It is less important than in many other The rewards are getting to travel photography? photography genres. I carry one body around the world. The challenges are Recognize that your subjects are and three lenses. That’s it. Getting getting to the right place at the right humans and they are not there for in place to get the right shot is far time. A great photo might only occur you. Respect them and honour their more important than having the best when conditions are right with light, wishes. camera or the perfect lens. time and weather. What role does post-processing play in travel photography? It plays a lesser role than it does in fashion photography perhaps, but I do edit all my photos, usually, nothing more than 30-60 seconds of editing in Lightroom. Most of what I do is trying to compensate for lighting conditions I can’t control. What would you like to advice an upcoming travel photographer? Don’t expect to make a lot of money and be prepared to travel a lot. Most of the great travel photographers I know have been to over 100 countries during their career. MAY 2015 23 TIPS FROM THE PROS RALPH VELASCO Ralph Velasco has been travelling since he was as young as 15, and The rich diversity of each of these to be spontaneous, but the amount of started shooting with a point places; and by that I’m referring to preparation and research a person does and shoot film camera. Today, he is a photography instructor the people, the food, the music, the can often be directly correlated to the and international guide who has history, the customs, the culture and success of their trip. photographed in over 50 countries more; adds so much to the overall on 6 continents. He was selected experience. What are some of the key things as one of the Top 100 Travel one must keep in mind when Photographers in the World by a site in the UK, also as one of What sort of preparation is doing travel photography? the Top 10 Travel Photography required for travel photography? I think it’s extremely important to Bloggers by USA Today’s 10best. I recommend to my clients that they give the viewers of our photography com. Additionally he was chosen do a fair amount of research before a an overall sense of the place, so I as the “Open Photographer of the trip so that they know what to expect. always recommend working from a Year” for two years in a row by the Professional Photographers of I’ll also send out a very detailed set of shot list so that you come back with a Orange County. Orientation Information to help each variety of images, and not just people participant to prepare for each trip, and photographs, or just monuments, or this includes a gear list, cultural tips, just plates of food. dos and taboos, information on safety, Why your interest in travel photography how the money works, etc. It’s great How important is equipment in over other genres? Travel photography is a blend of most, if not all, genres, so I think that this potential for variety keeps me interested and allows me to tell the complete story of each destination. I consider myself a traveller first and a photographer second. I’m much more interested in the cultural exchanges and experiences I have, but great photo ops always seem to present themselves along the way, although, they’re just the icing on the cake. Which are some of your favourite locations to photograph? Each place has its own pros and cons, but some of the recent locations I’ve been to that I found extremely good for photography are Nepal, Bhutan, Cambodia, Cuba, Turkey and Romania. 24 MAY 2015 www.asianphotographyindia.com travel photography? Equipment is somewhat important, but not the only consideration, in fact, the first tip in my ebook is that it’s not about the camera. People are surprised to hear that I travel with a single DSLR body and a single 24 – 120 mm f/4 lens, although I do also have a fixed 50 mm f/1.4 that I use to challenge myself once in a while, and as a backup just in case the other lens fails. If one truly wants to improve his or her travel photography, spend money on travel, not more gear. What are the challenges and the rewards of this genre? As I’ve referenced before, the challenge with travel photography is telling the complete story, which may require coming back to a location over and over again, as it’s very difficult to do with limited time in a destination. The reward is the finished story itself. And having that variety of images can result in some MAY 2015 25 great content for other uses, whether it be a book, presentation, website or blog post. There are so many outlets for our photography these days. What role does post-processing play in travel photography? If you ask me, shooting RAW is the only way to go, and so a RAW file needs to be post processed. That being said, I spend about 30 seconds on each image in post. Of course, I try to get the image right in camera, and then I have little work to do after, but with the amount of travel I do and the amount of images I make each year, I couldn’t spend much more than that, even if just on the best of the best. One other thing I’ll say is that for someone who travels and shoots as much as I do, it’s imperative to keep up with downloading, sorting, rating and post-processing images almost on a daily basis along the way. I couldn’t possibly come back to face that job all at once after each trip, but need to do it little by little over the course of the trip. What would you like to advise an upcoming travel photographer? The first thing a person who wants to get into travel photography should do is to develop a first class 26 MAY 2015 www.asianphotographyindia.com TIPS • Be aware of your backgrounds. Always look deeper into the scene to see if there’s something in the background you’d like to include or exclude, to help tell a story. • My mantra has become, “Either it’s in or it’s out.” Take an extra second or two to scan all four edges of the frame while looking through the viewfinder so that you can include what you want in the frame, or exclude what you don’t want.
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